Cheques have largely replaced money as a mean s of exchange, for they are widely accepted everywhere . Though this is very 1 for both buyer and seller, it should not be forgotten that cheuqes are not real money: they are quite 2 in themselves. A shop-keeper always runs a certain 3 when he accepts a cheque and he is quite 4 his rights if, 5 ,he refuses to do so.

　　People do not always know this and are shocked if their good faith is called 6 . An old and very wealth friend of mine told me he had an extremely unpleasant 7 . He went to a famous jewellery shop which keeps a large 8 of precious stones and asked to be shown some pearl necklaces. After examining several trays, he 9 to buy a particularly fine string of pearls and asked if he could pay 10 cheque. The assistant said that this was quite 11 , but the moment my friend signed his name, he was invited into the manager’s office.

　　The manager was very polite, but he explained that someone with 12 the same name had presented them with a 13 cheque not long age. He told my friend that the police would arrive 14 any moment and he had better stay 15 he wanted to get into serious trouble. 16 , the police arrived soon afterwards They apologized to my friend for the 17 and asked him to 18 a note which had been used by the thief in a number of shop .The note 19 :“I have a gun in my pocket. Ask no questions and give me all the money in the safe.” 20 , my friend’s handwriting was quite unlike the thief’s.

　　1. A. complicated B. trivialC. bearableD. convenient

　　2. A. valuelessB. invaluableC. valuableD. indefinite

　　3. A. dangerB. changeC. riskD. opportunity

　　4. A. withinB. beyondC. withoutD. out of

　　5. A. in generalB. at the leastC. on occasionD. in short

　　6. A. in difficultyB. in doubtC. in earnestD. in question

　　7. A. accidentB. experienceC. eventD. incident

　　8. A. amountB. stockC. numberD. store

　　9. A. consideredB. thoughtC. conceived D. decided

　　10. A. byB. inC. withD. through

　　11. A. in orderB. in needC. in use D. in common

　　12. A. largelyB. mostlyC. exactlyD. extremely

　　13. A. worthB. worthyC. worthwhileD. worthless

　　14. A. forB. atC. untilD. during

　　15. A. whetherB. ifC. otherwiseD. unless

　　16. A. ReallyB. Sure enough C. CertainlyD. However

　　17. A. treatmentB. mannerC. inconvenienceD. behavior

　　18. A. write offB. write outC. copy outD. make out

　　19. A. readB. toldC. wroteD. informed

　　20. A. EspeciallyB. FortunatelyC. NaturallyD. Basically